Proclamation 3483.

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76 Stat. 1493 Proclamation 3483 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 1962 By the President of the United States of America July 18, 1962 A Proclamation WHEREAS experience has revealed the great value of effective community fire prevention programs in conserving our national treasures of life and property; and WHEREAS increased fire losses during the past year demand an immediate awareness on the part of the public of the need for, and value of, exercising greater care and responsibility in avoiding destructive fires and for participating in community fire prevention programs and related activities:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 7, 1962, as Fire Prevention Week. I bid all citizens to join in actively promoting the fire prevention and control efforts of their respective community fire departments, and I especially invoke the wholehearted support of State and local governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the American National Red Cross, and other labor, business, farm, and professional organizations, as well as schools, civic groups, and pubic information agencies, in observing Fire Prevention Week and in enlisting the public as active participants in fire prevention efforts.

I also direct the appropriate Federal agencies to assist in this effort to reduce the shameful waste caused by preventable fires. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President:

Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3484 July 18, 1962 NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3484 NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK By the President of the United States of America July 18, 1962 A Proclamation WHEREAS public works facilities and services are of vital importance to the health and well-being of the, people of this Nation; and WHEREAS such facilities and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works engineers and administrators, representing Federal, State, and local units of Government, who are responsible for and must design, build, operate, and maintain the highway, water supply, sewage and refuse disposal systems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities essential to serve our citizens; and 76 Stat. 1494 WHEREAS it is in the public interest for the citizens and civic leaders of this country to gain knowledge of and to maintain a progressive interest in the public works needs and programs of their respective communities: and *Ante*, p. 168.WHEREAS the Congress by Senate Joint Resolution 68, approved July 18, 1962, requested the President to issue a proclamation designating the seven-day period commencing October 14, 1962, as National Public Works Week:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 14, 1962, as National Public Works Week; and I urge all our people to join with representatives of governmental agencies in activities and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to our public works engineers and administrators and to recognize the substantial contributions they have made to our national health and welfare. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this eighteenth day of July in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3485 July 19, 1962 ALLOCATING TO CERTAIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES PART OF THE SUGAR WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO CUBA Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3485 ALLOCATING TO CERTAIN WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES PART OF THE SUGAR WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO CUBA By the President of the United States of America July 19, 1962 A Proclamation WHEREAS section 202(c)

(4)of the Sugar Act of 1948 (P.L. 87–535 *Ante*, pp. 156, 169.and 87–539) provides as follows: " “(4)

(A)Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph

(3)of this subsection, whenever the United States is not in diplomatic relations with any country named in paragraph

(3)of this subsection and during such period after resumption of diplomatic relations with such country as the Secretary determines is required to permit an orderly adjustment in the channels of commerce for sugar, the proration or allocation provided for in paragraph

(3)of this subsection shall not be made to such country, and a quantity of sugar not to exceed an amount equal to the proration or allocation which would have been made but for the provisions of this paragraph, may be authorized for purchase and importation from foreign countries, except that all or any part of such quantity need not be purchased from any country with which the United States is not in diplomatic relations, or from any country designated by the President whenever he finds and proclaims that such action is required in the national interest. In authorizing the purchase and importation of sugar from foreign countries under this paragraph, special consideration shall be given to countries of the Western Hemisphere and to those countries purchasing United States agricultural commodities. 76 Stat. 1495 “(B) Of the quantity authorized for purchase and importation under subparagraph (A), the President is authorized to allocate to countries within the Western Hemisphere, for the six-month period ending December 31, 1962, an amount of sugar, raw value, not exceeding in the aggregate 75,000 short tons, and for the calendar years 1963 and 1964, an amount of sugar, raw value, not exceeding in the aggregate 150,000 short tons.”; and " WHEREAS the allocation of sugar authorized under the provisions of section 202(c)(4)(B) of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, is dependent upon a quantity of sugar being available for purchase and importation in accordance with the provisions of section 202(c)(4)

(A)of the Act, during the six-month period ending December 31, 1962, and each of the calendar years 1963 and 1964: NOW, THEREFORE, I, John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 202(c)

(B)of the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, do hereby allocate, of the quantities authorized for purchase and importation under section 202(c)(4)(A) of such Act, the following quantities of sugar, raw value, as sugar which may be imported into the continental United States from the specified countries for the specified periods pursuant to section 202(c)

(B)of such Act: 1. For the six-month period ending December 31, 1962: a. From Argentina 10,000 short tons, and b. From the Dominican Republic 65,000 short tons. 2. For each of the calendar years 1963 and 1964: a. From Argentina 20,000 short tons, and b. From the Dominican Republic 130,000 short tons. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this 19th day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the inde-[seal] pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3486 August 14, 1962 MODIFYING THE NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3486 MODIFYING THE NATURAL BRIDGES NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH By the President of the United States of America August 14, 1962 A Proclamation WHEREAS the Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, established by Proclamation No. 804 of April 16, 1908, and modified by [35 Stat. (Pt. 2) 2183](/us/stat/35/2183).[36 Stat. (Pt. 2) 2509](/us/stat/36/2509).[39 Stat. (Pt. 2) 1764](/us/stat/39/1764).Proclamation No. 881 of September 25, 1909, and Proclamation No. 1323 of February 11, 1916, was reserved and set apart for the preservation and protection of three extraordinary natural bridges and certain surrounding prehistoric ruins and cave springs; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to add to such monument, approximately five thousand two hundred and thirty-six acres of land near the present boundaries which contain additional cliff-type prehistoric Indian ruins and suitable space for 76 Stat. 1496construction of a visitor center, administrative offices, employee residences, utility and maintenance facilities, and a new entrance road; and WHEREAS it also appears that it would be in the public interest to exclude from the monument approximately three hundred and twenty acres of land, known as Snow Flat Spring Cave and Cigarette Spring Cave, which no longer contain features of archeological value and are not needed for the proper care, management, protection, interpretation, and preservation of the monument: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906, 34 Stat. 225 (16 U.S.C. 431), do proclaim as follows: Subject to any valid interest or rights, the lands now owned by the United States within the exterior boundaries of the following described tracts of land, which include the additional lands needed for the purposes stated above, shall constitute the Natural Bridges National Monument; and lands owned by the State of Utah within such boundaries shall become a part of that monument upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah T. 36 S., R. 17 E. sec. 25, E½ and SW¼ sec. 26, SE¼ and E½SW¼ sec. 34, E½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, SE¼, and SE¼SW¼ all of sections 35 and 36 T. 36 S., R. 18 E. all of sections 30 and 31 T. 37 S., R. 17 E. all of sections 1,2, and 3 sec. 4, E½ sec. 10, E½ and N½NW¼ all of section 11 sec. 12, NWy¼ sec. 14, N½ sec. 15, E½NE¼ T. 37 S., R. 18 E. sec. 6, NW¼, The following-described lands in the State of Utah are hereby excluded from the Natural Bridges National Monument: Salt Lake Meridian, Utah *Cigarette Spring Cave* T. 40 S., R. 19 E. sec. 1, Portions of NW¼ and N½SW¼ (exclusive of lots 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9) sec. 2, Portions of E½NE¼ and NE¼SE¼ (exclusive of lots 5, 6, and 7) *Snow Flat Spring Cave* T. 39 S., R. 19 E. sec. 12, SE¼SE¼ sec. 13, NE¼NE¼ T. 39 S., R. 20 E. sec. 7, SW¼SW¼ sec. 18, NW¼NW¼ The public lands hereby excluded from the monument shall not be subject to application, location, settlement, entry, or other forms of appropriation under the public-land laws until further order of an authorized officer of the Department of the Interior. The Natural Bridges National Monument shall be administered pursuant to the Act of August 25, 1916, 39 Stat. 535 (16 U.S.C. 1–3), and acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof. Warning is hereby expressly given to all unauthorized persons not to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any of the features or objects 76 Stat. 1497of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any of the lands reserved by this proclamation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, and [seal] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: Dean Rusk, *Secretary of State*. 3487 August 16, 1962 CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1962 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation Proclamation 3487 CHILD HEALTH DAY, 1962 By the President of the United States of America August 16, 1962 A Proclamation WHEREAS children are our Nation’s most priceless resource and most cherished responsibility; and WHEREAS it is essential that boys and girls of our Nation be given a good start in life by the fostering of their emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being so that in future years each may achieve his full potential for a productive and satisfying life; and WHEREAS the observance of a special day emphasizing child health effectively underscores these goals; and WHEREAS the Congress, by a joint resolution of May 18, 1928, 45 Stat. 617, as amended by a joint resolution of September 22, 1959, 73 Stat. 627 (36 U.S.C. 143), requested the President of the United States to issue annually a proclamation setting apart the first Monday in October as Child Health Day; and WHEREAS Child Health Day is also an appropriate time to observe a Universal Children’s Day, and to salute the work which the United Nations, through its specialized agencies, and the United Nations Children’s Fund are doing to build better health for children around the world: NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOHN F. KENNEDY, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Monday, the first day of October 1962, as Child Health Day; and I invite all persons and all agencies and organizations interested in the welfare of children to unite on that day in observances that will underscore the importance of providing opportunities for our children at the beginning of life that will insure healthy development through the years. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this sixteenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-two, [seal] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and eighty-seventh. John F. Kennedy By the President: George W. Ball, *Acting Secretary of State*. 3488 August 24, 1962 NATIONAL EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK, 1962 Digitization Vendor By the President of the United States of America Proclamation

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